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ACPET International Education Committee Meeting

The ACPET Board's International Committee met for the second time in 2010 recently in Brisbane, Wednesday 10th June. Meeting generally four times annually, the Committee's role is to assist the ACPET Board in discharging its responsibilities with respect to overseeing all aspects of ACPET’s international education policies and marketing, including the profiling and promotion of ACPET and its members, in the framework of Australia’s international education industry. ...Read More
 

 

     
     
 


ACPET Engagement Strategy with China

ACPET's engagement program with China in 2010 is well underway with the first ACPET delegates Jianming Chen Chief Executive Officer, Australian National Institute of Business & Technology, Phillip Koumides, Registrar Academia International, and Phil Honeywood, Marketing and Business Development Manager, Melbourne Campus, Cambridge International College just returned from a two week tour covering five cities: Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai.. ...Read More

 
     
 

Senate Migration Amendment Bill 2010

The Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 (the Bill) seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 to enable the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (the Minister) to cap visa grants and terminate visa applications based on the class or classes of applicant applying for the visa.  ...Read More

 
 
 

The ICEF Australia New Zealand Agent (ANZA) Workshop - April 2010

The 2010 Australia New Zealand Agent (ANZA) Workshop attracted high participant numbers and delivered positive, measurable results for educators, agents and service providers. ...Read More

 
     
 
 


Meeting with QLD Senator Trood

ACPET member Phillip Charlton and Steve Quirk from ACPET's International Engagement Team met last week with Queensland Senator Russell Trood to discuss the implications for the state of Queensland from the Preliminary Projections Report prepared by the ACPET International Engagement Team.   ...Read More

 
     
 
 


ASEAN Study Tour

The ACPET International Engagement Team is assisting Austrade to facilitate a study tour of ASEAN High School Principals/Counsellors on an inbound mission to Australia. . ...Read More

 
     
 
 

"Lost in Transition, Mate!" a VIRWC Project on Female International students

“Lost in Transition, Mate!” is a video project by the Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Coalition (VIRWC) about the journeys and struggles of female international students to assimilate in a new culture. ...Read More

 
     
 
 

Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program

The Australian Multicultural Foundation and Robert Bean Consulting have developed the Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program (MCD Training) to enable small and medium enterprises to better understand cultural diversity and how to manage it effectively to improve workplace relationships, teamwork, productivity, market knowledge, community relationships, customer service and competitiveness. ...Read More

 
     
 
 

New funding round for education cooperation projects between the European Union and Australia

Last week’s issue of the Australia Education International newsletter invited Higher Education and VET providers to apply for the new round of European Union -Australia education cooperation projects. This seventh round of projects offers opportunities for both student and staff mobility between the EU and Australia which may be of interest to our members. ...Read More

 
     
 
 

Seeking...

  • Local private education institution in Singapore looking to tie up with institutions in Australia that offers Diploma in Visual Merchandising. Contact Sherleen [dot] Seah [at] austrade [dot] gov [dot] au (Sherleen Seah) from Austrade for more info.

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  Look out for
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  • Austrade Corporate Training Mission to East China in September – RSVP by 25 June (Click here for more info)
  • Endeavour Awards 2010 – applications open until 31 July 2010 (Click here for more info)
  • IEAA June Professional Development Workshops (Click here for more info)
  • 29 – 30 June Conference – Strategy & Marketing to Recruit International Students, Rydges Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne (Click here for more info)
  • Nominations for the 2010 IEAA Industry Excellence Awards closing 2nd July 2010 (Click here for more info)
  • ASEAN Study Tour - last week of June and 2nd week of July
  • International Engagement Strategic Plan July 2010 - June 2012
  • Asia Pacific Forum, Melbourne, Wednesday 25 August

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  Important dates later this year...
 

  • September – APEC Women Leaders’ Network (WLN) Meeting in Tokyo (Click here for more info)

  • October – ‘Education Beyond Borders’ Exhibition in Bulgaria (Click here for more info)

  • October – Australian International Education Conference, Sydney (Click here for more info)

  • November – Skills Australia will commence reviewing the Skilled Occupation List (SOL)

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  This coming
week...

  • DIAC Student Visa Financial Requirements Workshop
  • Meeting with Senator Coonan, Senator Boyce & Senator McLucas in Canberra
  • Transnational Education follow up Workshop in Adelaide
  • Teleconference with British Council re: Code of Ethics for Education Agents
  • NSW Committee Meeting
  • Meeting with VRQA

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  Last week...

  • Meeting with Sabrina Jain from Australian Trade Commission
  • Meeting with Mark Tully from International Student Care
  • Address to Austrade offshore staff by Robert Parsonson MEGT (an ACPET Member and International Committee Member)

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